macrosclereid

macrosclereid

[‚mak·rō ′skler·ē·əd]
(botany)
A sclereid cell that is rod-like and formed from the embryonic epidermis of certain seed coats.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The curling probably occurs because the macrosclereid layer was under great tension when the seed coat was dry.
Seed impermeability has been attributed to the presence of a continuous outer cuticle and, or an epidermis of packed macrosclereids (Werker et al.
The outermost tissue layer is the epidermis (30-45 [micro]m), and it is composed of a stratum of columnar macrosclereids, with their main axis perpendicular to the surface.
Morfo-anatomia, imbibicion, viabilidad y germinacion de las semillas de Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil (Fabaceae)
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